The VAC were invited to put
aeroplanes on ground display during the Silverstone Vintage and Classic
car weekend. We decided to go on Sunday when our friends Jed Mackie
and John Morley were attending. The day was forecast to be very hot
and even early in the morning the air temperature was high and the rate of
climb noticeably poor. At Silverstone we landed on the hard runway
and parked along with several aircraft already on the ground

We were pleased to see some
old friends we had not seen in a while. Lionel and John arrived in
their Jodel from Popham. We headed off to see the huge numbers of
cars. Rows of Red Ferraris, Aston Martins, Porsches, AC Cobras and
many other exotic machines

We then found some more
sedate cars

We watched some of he racing
and was particularly taken with a saloon car race containing a large herd
of Mustangs. As the time progressed the temperature increased and we
found it necessary to shelter under the wing of AY. We were so
pleased she had big, high ones.

We were treated to display of
a Spitfire and Mustang and a Hawker Hunter. Then Wingwalkers gave
their display on Stearman biplanes.

We left in late afternoon and
was reasonably pleased to be heading South again since some of the clouds
in the local area were beginning to look a bit menacing